Sheila, Isn't Bluefield called the "Air Conditioned City"? I know one of the WV cities is refered to that way. Have you heard of Bessie's Mountain, on Rt. 20 in Lerona? My brother and cousins use to sled down the mountain. I was always too little, and then when I was older we didn't get to visit in the winters. And then I grew up and said, "No way. That is a MOUNTAIN!". I love the ride on Rt. 20 between Athens and Hinton. Beautiful country!! Never heard of Ramps? I'll ask my aunt if she has. She's lived in WV for over 40 years. My cousins ex-wife lives on Possum Ridge, I believe it is. tracy --- Sheila wrote: > To answer Cathy's questions....Mercer County is located in the > southern part of WV...south of Beckley, WV, and about 1 1/2 hrs. from > Roanoke, VA, and 1 1/4 hrs. from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. > Bluefield WV is a a twin city with Bluefield, WV...was once a booming > coal town, but today is a typical small town America place to live! > We have country food and country names like "Country Girl Road", and > "Possum Hollow" Road, and foods like Ramps, and brown beans. People > actually get degrees in Ramp Biology, and Ramp dinners here are like > the fire company breakfasts in PA. Monday is still brown bean day, > when women do the "warsh", and let the brown beans simmer from sunup > to sundown. Ummm good! ***snip*** > Back to Mercer County...we have two towns/cities here. There is > Princeton, and Bluefield, and the markets that we shop are Kroger and > Food City. Our Acme closed about 2 years ago, and of course, we have > Wal-Mart...what I call "Wal-Mart USA", since I feel that it is like a > city within itself!! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz

Sheila Duluth, Minn is also "known as Air Condition City. Joe in sunny Arizona ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy" <better_than_good@yahoo.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] WHERE MERCER COUNTY, WV IS LOCATED > Sheila, > > Isn't Bluefield called the "Air Conditioned City"? I know one of the > WV cities is refered to that way. > > Have you heard of Bessie's Mountain, on Rt. 20 in Lerona? My brother > and cousins use to sled down the mountain. I was always too little, and > then when I was older we didn't get to visit in the winters. And then I > grew up and said, "No way. That is a MOUNTAIN!". I love the ride on Rt. > 20 between Athens and Hinton. Beautiful country!! > > Never heard of Ramps? I'll ask my aunt if she has. She's lived in WV > for over 40 years. My cousins ex-wife lives on Possum Ridge, I believe > it is. > > tracy > > > --- Sheila wrote: > >> To answer Cathy's questions....Mercer County is located in the >> southern part of WV...south of Beckley, WV, and about 1 1/2 hrs. from >> Roanoke, VA, and 1 1/4 hrs. from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. >> Bluefield WV is a a twin city with Bluefield, WV...was once a booming >> coal town, but today is a typical small town America place to live! >> We have country food and country names like "Country Girl Road", and >> "Possum Hollow" Road, and foods like Ramps, and brown beans. People >> actually get degrees in Ramp Biology, and Ramp dinners here are like >> the fire company breakfasts in PA. Monday is still brown bean day, >> when women do the "warsh", and let the brown beans simmer from sunup >> to sundown. Ummm good! > ***snip*** >> Back to Mercer County...we have two towns/cities here. There is >> Princeton, and Bluefield, and the markets that we shop are Kroger and >> Food City. Our Acme closed about 2 years ago, and of course, we have >> Wal-Mart...what I call "Wal-Mart USA", since I feel that it is like a >> city within itself!! > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Got a little couch potato? > Check out fun summer activities for kids. > http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >